Accordion pleating marking tool? HELP!

[silverstah]

ARGH!

I think I saw it here - someone in a dress diary, somewhere, had this awesome little tool that folded out like an accordion that let you make perfectly spaced marks for cartridge pleating, smocking, or eyelet spacing.  I saw it, thought "cool!", and then lost the page. 

I've googled smocking and heritage sewing sites, but haven't been able to find it.  Anyone recognize what I'm talking about?

[gem]

I don't have a link for you, but it's called a SIM-FLEX.  They cost about $18.  Somebody on the Wenches board mentioned it in the current cartridge pleating thread (maybe Artemisia?).

Let me know if you figure out where to buy one!

[silverstah]

Gem, you're living up to your name!  You're truly a gem!

I just ordered from from this Ebay seller.

[Artemisia]

Love the Simflex! 

[silverstah]

Love the Simflex! 

Yay!  It was YOU who posted it on your livejournal - that's where I saw it.   I can't wait to get mine - I have some cartridge pleating in my near future, and this will make it so much tidier!

[LaurenLee]

I know some Civil War seamstresses who swear by something called Tiger Tape for spacing cartridge pleats.  I bought some drapery header/pleating tape at Joann's, and cut it in half - it has wider measured marks, and it has the added bonus of being stiff, so it will make the pleats stick out handsomely.  This way, nothing has to be marked with a pen - I'm going to baste the tape to the raw edge of the skirt, and start my stitches.

I have cartridge-pleated many Civil war skirts by hand, but they were usually one layer of silk or cotton - very easy.  This Elizabethan-era presents all new challenges!

[peggyelizabeth]

I heart my Simflex too!
I hope you love it as well.